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Morgan Robertson's 1898 novel, "The Wreck of the Titan, or Futility", has been noted as being eerily prescient to many aspects of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Was Robertson, who died in 1915, ever aware of the coincidence?	4
What is the scholarly consensus on claims that there was a Japanese dynasty based in Kyushu up until c. 700 A.D.? Where/how I can find out more about this?	3
Is it possible that a 2nd century AD Chinese scholar know of historical figures and events from the Mediterranean like Alexander and the Punic Wars? Similarly, could a Roman of the same era know of Chinese figures like Qin Shuangdi and the Zhou dynasty?	3
Between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, which was more important in shaping the history and culture of China?	2
On this German WWI Propaganda poster from r/vexillology, Russia is represented by a flag that looks like a blue St. Andrew's Cross on a white banner. Did Russia really ever use this as a flag?	2
Apart from the introduction of Pinyin and development of simplified characters, how has the Chinese Communist Party influenced language?	2
Why is Edward Longshanks designated as Edward the First of England, and not the earlier Edward the Confessor?	2
Given that it was composed with 2 centuries of the events it depicts, how historically accurate is the Japanese epic The Tale of the Heike?	1
Among archaeologists and historians, what divides a culture from a civilization? Is it a matter of complexity or continuity?	1
What was the bigger factor in Germany's defeat on the Eastern Front in WWII; the failure of Germany to capture Moscow in Operation Barbarossa, or the lost of material and men at Stalingrad in the failed attempt to take the Baku oil fields?	1

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